Truss



Jul 22, 1924. 1,502.57?

' T. J. LE CRAS TRUSS Filed March 27, 1922 lnventon Patented July 22, 1924.

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TRUSS.

Application filed March 27, 1922. Serial No. 547,341

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. LE CRAs. a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the city of Toronto, county of York, Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Truss, described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, that form part of the same.

The principal objects of the invention are to dispense with the necessity of a perineal strap thereby greatly increasing the comfort of the wearer of the truss, and to devise a truss which may be very easily adjusted.

The principal feature of the invention consists in the novel manner of supporting the truss pad from the belt at a point above the transverse centre of the pad and connecting adjustable elastic members at a point below the centre of the pad.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved truss.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view showing the location of the pad.

In the construction herein shown the belt is formed of a back strap 1 provided with hooks 2 at the ends. Two short straps 3 are each provided with buckles 1 adapted to snap in to the hooks 2.

Wire loops 5 are secured to the inward ends of the straps 3 adjacent to the top and these are connected by a narrow strap 6 which completes the belt.

The truss pad 7 is secured at a point above the horizontal centre to the strap 6 and is pivoted thereto.

Buckles 8 are fastened to the straps 3, preferably adjacent to the top edge and to these buckles are connected the narrow looped straps 9 which carry the wire loops 10. Elastic members, here shown in the form of coil tension springs 11 suitably covered, are secured at one end to the loops 10 and the other ends are looped over a pin 12 secured to the back of the pad at a point below the centre.

When the belt is placed in position the strap 6 is adjusted to obtain the proper pressure at the top of the pad. The straps 9 are then tightened to apply tension to the springs 11 and as the point of connection of the springs to the pad is below the centre the tension draws the bottom of the pad in ward and upward against the outward curve of the abdomen thereby effectively sup porting the hernia and holding the whole truss securely in place without requiring a perineal strap.

The pivotal connection of the pad to the strap 6 allows it to be adjusted at any desirable lateral angle which adjustment is accomplished by letting out either one of the straps 9 and drawing up on the other.

The whole structure is extremely flexible and accommodates itself to the contour of the body and allows extraordinary latitude of movement on the part of the wearer without dislocating the pad from the hernia.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a truss, a belt, a pad flexibly supported at a point above its centre from the belt, and a pair of elastic members connected to the pad below its centre and extending angularly outward and upward therefrom adjustably connected to the belt at points either side of the pad.

2. In a truss, a belt having an opening, a narrow strap spanning the opening at the upper side of the belt, a pad secured at a point above its centre to said narrow strap, a pair of adjustable straps secured to said belt adjacent to the upper edge, and elastic members connected to said pad below its centre and connected one to each of said straps.

THOMAS J. LE CRAS. 

